Improvement in necktie-retainers



waited lteresv i SAMUEL A. FITE, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JHN H; MANSUR, OF SAME P LCE.

Latem raamt No. 92,522, dated my 13", 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, SAMUEL A. FITE, of .the city` of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented` a lnew and improved Necktie or Collar-Holder;l and'I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact desoription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the ait to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification. Y I

The object of this invention is'to provide a simple,

clicient, and ornamental holder and fastener'forthe necktie or collar.'

It consistsin the peculiar construction of parts' arranged for attachment'to the studo'r'shirt-button, and adapted to impart a vertical pressure to the collar, under the folds, for stiifening it;f also', to press the collar or necktie snugly to the neck, and to prevent the co1- lar or tie from disconnection' With-the stud, as hereinafter more fully specified.

The drawing represents an elevation of a shirt-iront and collar, with my improved device attached.

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A represents a spring wire, shaped to fit the curvature of the neck for a short distance-each way from the centre o f the front, having two retui'n bends B C, extending downward and backward, terminating a short distance each side of the position of shirt-stud D, in hoods E, forming seats for other abrupt bends of the said wire, from -whioh the two vends F spring up in Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding nearly semicircular curves toward the centre of the throat, and down to the stud D, where' they. are provided with curved recesses for embracing the neck of the stud behind the head.

From each of the hoods E, and connecting'them, another spring G rises, in a regular curve, above the parts F f the wire-A.

Thewhole device rests on thestud D., and provides an upward tension under the folds of the collar, ealculated to keep it in position and prevent it from doubling over.'

-v `It also presses the band of the collar around the' neck, and may bejmade equally serviceable in supand the outerends of F being connected to the spring parts C of the wire A, by means of the hoods E, all arranged as described, for the purpose specied;`

SAMUEL A. -FITE Witnesses:

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